# Run WLED and PixelIt side by side on one ESP8266

**URL:** <https://wled.discourse.group/t/run-wled-and-pixelit-side-by-side-on-one-esp8266/6336>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [November 14, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/run-wled-and-pixelit-side-by-side-on-one-esp8266/6336 "2022-11-14T06:36:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![figugegu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/47e85d/32.png) [@figugegu](https://wled.discourse.group/u/figugegu)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/run-wled-and-pixelit-side-by-side-on-one-esp8266/6336/1 "2022-11-14T06:36:28Z")

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Hy everyone  
I’ve build an LED-Matrix (64x8) connect to my smarthome (ioBroker).  
I’d like to display the gorgeous WLED-Effects but also some bitmaps and text.  
Is there a possibility to run [PixelIt](https://github.com/pixelit-project/PixelIt) an Wled side by side on one ESP8266?  
I’m an absolute beginner in programming.

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![tonyno](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/tonyno/32/242_2.png) [@tonyno](https://wled.discourse.group/u/tonyno)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/run-wled-and-pixelit-side-by-side-on-one-esp8266/6336/2 "2022-11-15T03:44:49Z")

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We are using almost all of the memory on the 8266.

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**Author:** ![figugegu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/47e85d/32.png) [@figugegu](https://wled.discourse.group/u/figugegu)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/run-wled-and-pixelit-side-by-side-on-one-esp8266/6336/3 "2022-11-15T19:04:03Z")

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OK, i didn’t realize that. If i use intstead of a 8266 an ESP32? The ESP32 has much more memory than an 8266, right?

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**Author:** ![tonyno](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/tonyno/32/242_2.png) [@tonyno](https://wled.discourse.group/u/tonyno)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/run-wled-and-pixelit-side-by-side-on-one-esp8266/6336/4 "2022-11-15T19:40:46Z")

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I believe it’s more of an issue of having additional hardware on the 32 tat requires less software.